The Opera

Feb 22nd

Zach, Michele, and me

Took a bus to Circular Quay then walked to the Sydney Opera House. It's massive! It's story is also rather opera-esque.

The plans to build it almost never came into fruition, because the design was rejected, but construction eventually began. It took many years to figure out how to make the shells. Jorn Utzon almost conceited defeat, because he thought the shells impossible to create, but a clever designer realized you could just break a part a sphere to create the shells.

Between the shells

Towards the end of construction Utzon was thrown out of his seat as architecture, because he was going over budget. The Opera House was supposed to initially cost only 7 million but by the time it was finished it cost over 100 million to make! Utzon returned to Denmark and died never seeing his finished masterpiece.

Lots and lots of stairs

The inside of the Opera House consists of buildings within a building. The theatres and concert halls were constructed within the shell. They were effectively built from the outside in.

The view of the water itself is gorgeous from the inside, a far cry from the usual downtown situated venues.


Keep it level!


Jono De Costa